Seychelles Since 1770: History of a Slave and Post-Slavery Society  •  Deryck Scarr HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES • COMING IN A scholarly history of the Seychelles. Scarr, a British professor, analyzes French and British colonial rule, slavery, independence and modern political turmoil through the mid-1990s. (SEY20, $24.95)
Birds of Seychelles  •  Malcom Penny FIELD GUIDE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • COMING IN A compact guide to birds of Seychelles featuring handsome color plates by Chloe Talbot-Kelly, a 50-page overview of the islands, and an extensive description of each species. (SEY16, $24.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)